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Title:Keeping Government Secrecy Safe: Beyond Whack-a-Mole
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Author(s):CURTIN, DeirdreDate:2011Type of Publication:OtherSeries/Report no.:EUI MWP LS; 2011/07Abstract:The concept of secrecy as a mechanism for not providing government information, on the one hand, and the commitment to openness of government, on the other, reflect certain historical understandings of the relationship ...

Title:Labor force composition and aggregate fluctuations
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Author(s):MENNUNI, AlessandroDate:2013Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWP; 2013/12Abstract:Labor composition by gender, age, and education has undergone dramatic changes over the last forty years in the United States. Furthermore, the volatility of total market hours differs systematically between genders, age ...

Title:Laws and Norms
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Author(s):BENABOU, Roland; TIROLE, JeanDate:2011-01-01Type of Publication:OtherSeries/Report no.:EUI MWP LS; 2011/05Abstract:This paper analyzes how private decisions and public policies are shaped by personal and societal preferences ("values"), material or other explicit incentives ("laws") and social sanctions or rewards ("norms"). It first ...